There are as many as 39.60 lakh voters in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits as per the latest list.

The BJP has proposed in its election manifesto, which is in the works, to regulate the sale of liquor, claiming that its unrestricted availability and consumption was leading to several social and law and order problems in the state.

SRiX is a technology business incubator under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. It is focussed on start-ups of agriculture, cleantech and IoT.

"With its operation on Ameerpet to L B Nagar route, the Metro will be 46 km, the second largest in the country, next only to Delhi," Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) Managing Director N V S Reddy said.